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3.00 Credits
Students continue to refine their speaking, reading, and writing skills through study of contemporary visual arts (images in museums, political propaganda, websites, etc.), short literary texts, and films from all corners of the Hispanic world. Develops analytical skills and vocabulary appropriate for understanding and discussing these media in their historical context. Interactive format with frequent work in small groups. Essays receive both peer and instructor review before final submission. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.704, 21F.774, or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Designed for students of Hispanic descent and raised in the US. Expands oral and written skills through the study of grammar and increased contact with standard Spanish. Studies recent fiction and poetry as well as specific historical, social, economic, and political aspects of Mexican-American, Puerto Rican, Cuban and other Hispanic/Latino cultures. Taught in Spanish.
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Prereq: Fluency in a Spanish dialect
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3.00 Credits
Studies important 20th- and 21st-century texts and films from both Spain and Latin America. Readings include short stories, theater, the novel, and poetry, as well as some non-fiction. Students acquire skills necessary for a serious examination of literacy and cultural issues in the Spanish-speaking world. Conducted entirely in Spanish. Emphasis on active participation of students in class discussion.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Studies the complex relationship between science, medicine and the imagination in 20th-century Spain. Students read fiction by Spanish authors who use the scientist/physician as a catalyst for social, educational and political critique. The ethical conflicts and debates surrounding science and science policy, especially in medicine, will be examined as background for authors writing within and against their historical moments. Also discusses how writers, using the figure of the physician, explored the challenges to the human spirit of discovery posed by the Church, Franco, and Spain's mythic past. Authors include Pio Baroja, Luis Martin-Santos, Miguel Delibes, Nuria Amat, and Eduardo Mendoza. Conducted in Spanish. Limited to 25.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Explores artistic achievement in a culture that over the past century has engaged in constant and intense imaginative self-renewal. Studies film, narrative (e.g., Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude), and poetry. Conducted in Spanish.
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Prereq: One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Close study of a theme, a grouping of authors, or a historical period not covered in depth in other subjects. May be repeated for credit with permission of instructor. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: One intermediate Spanish subject or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Considers how major literary texts illuminate principal issues in the evolution of modern Spanish society. Emphasizes the treatment of such major questions as the exile of liberals in 1820, the concept of progress, the place of religion, urbanization, rural conservatism and changing gender roles, and the Spanish Civil War. Authors include Perez Galdos, Pardo Bazan, Unamuno, Ortega y Gasset, Salinas, Lorca, La Pasionaria, and Falcon. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor
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3.00 Credits
Deals with the vast changes in Spanish social, political and cultural life that have taken place since the death of Franco. Topics include new freedom from censorship, the re-emergence of strong movements for regional autonomy (the Basque region and Catalonia), the new cinema including Almodovar and Saura, educational reforms instituted by the socialist government, and the fiction of Carme Riera and Terenci Moix. Special emphasis on the emergence of mass media as a vehicle for expression in Spain. Considers the changes wrought by Spain's acceptance into the European Community. Materials include magazines, newspapers, films, fiction, and Amando de Miguel's Los Espa?oles. Taught in Spanish.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: One intermediate subject in Spanish or permission of instructor
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4.00 Credits
Introduction to understanding, speaking, reading, and writing Spanish. Maximal use of fundamentals of grammar in active communication. Audio- and video-based language laboratory program coordinated with and supplemented to class work. For graduate credit see 21F.751. Meets with 21F.771 when offered concurrently.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: None
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4.00 Credits
Continues the study of Spanish language and culture using audio, video and print materials, feature films and popular music from Latin America and Spain. Emphasizes writing, vocabulary acquisition, and the study of more complex grammatical structures. Students develop oral skills through group interaction and short presentations. For graduate credit see 21F.752. Meets with 21F.772 when offered concurrently.
Prerequisite:
Prereq: 21F.751 or permission of instructor
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